so not to jump the gun, and put all my eggs in that basket again, but there's someone from north carolina coming to buy my truck tomorrow? o.O it seemed kind of sketch yesterday, and i'm still not sure what to think, but we've exchanged well over 75 texts, three or four emails, and we talked on the phone for a little over ten minutes this morning. he said he's been following a couple of trucks for a little bit on craigslist and that he's narrowed down his choice to mine. he wants to pay cash. if some guy shows up tomorrow afternoon with $14,500 cash, you better believe i'm takin' a picture of all that before i deposit it in my bank account. :) 

in other news, last night kelly, katie, and i all went out and had a blasttt. we started out at the corner pocket and shot a few games of pool, but since it was a monday night, it wasn't really busy at all, so we headed to west ashley to the tin roof and listened to a one-man band play. then we went and shot pool at the kountry klub (redneck, i know) and we finished off the night at waffle house. after three whiskey sours and a shot of jack, that waffle, order of hashbrowns, and three cups of coffee was amazing! 

also, my hair is super frizzy today. i decided to commemorate the occasion by buying this shirt at target. :) 

i'm so easily amused...

kelly and i went to the gas station last night and bought powerball tickets for the $125M lottery. she said if she won, she'd buy my truck and let me keep it and then send me hikin'. i said if i won, i'd buy her house and let her keep it and then go hikin'. needless to say, today we're just $3 poorer than we were yesterday.

i discovered this morning that the $25 rain jacket that i bought years ago at wal-mart is packable. it stuffs into itself! that's freakin' amazing! no wonder it was $25, haha. regardless... i think that'll wind up being the one i take on the trail with me. we'll see...

i stuffed my sleeping bag into its stuff sack and packed it this morning. i'm gonna pack the tent in later and just kinda fiddle with it. i'm so ready to get out of chucktown.

the guy who test drove the truck last week just came and picked it up to take it out on the highway for a second drive. "dear God, please! thank ya! love ya! bye!"

also, as something to get my mind off the crappy weather here in charleston today, here's a littie video i ran across a few weeks ago.

Green Tunnel from Kevin Gallagher on Vimeo.

i just can't... lose?

so i showed the truck to a guy yesterday. he really liked it. he just called me back. he's passing on it. 

on one hand, the phrase "i just can't win for losin'" comes to mind. but on the other hand, i think to myself, "your day will come." 

i've figured out that i'll probably wind up getting a canister stove for my hike. the pocket rocket seems like a decent deal, but i was reading an article on whiteblaze yesterday/today that said coleman actually makes a pretty good canister stove that's a little more stable for the same price. 

i even washed my truck before i showed it to the guy yesterday. sigh. at least he let me know for sure, and didn't leave me hanging. that's the worst.